705 Gerard Avenue, The Bronx
A 1931 elevator apartment building on Gerard Avenue carrying 2.11 FAR of unused residential development rights on record under its R8 zoning.
705 Gerard Avenue is an elevator apartment building in The Bronx, New York City (BBL 2024820053). The property is zoned R8, on a 17,520 sq ft lot, with 6 floors and 72 residential units. It was built in 1931. The lot is not inside a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area. NYC municipal records show 110 open building violations for this lot as of 2026-07-05.
Property facts
| BBL | 2024820053 |
|---|---|
| Borough | The Bronx — Community District 4 |
| Neighborhood | Concourse-Concourse Village |
| ZIP code | 10451 |
| Zoning district | R8 |
| Building class | D1 — elevator apartment building (what’s a building class?) |
| Land use | 03 — Multi-family elevator buildings |
| Lot area | 17,520 sq ft |
| Floors | 6 |
| Residential units | 72 |
| Year built | 1931 |
| FAR | 3.91 built · 6.02 max residential · 0 max commercial Learn: What is FAR? |
| Historic district | Grand Concourse Historic District |
| Flood zone | Not in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area |
Public records
- 2 open Department of Buildings violations
- 11 open ECB (OATH) violations — $10,000 in penalties due
- 97 open Housing Preservation & Development violations
- Façade safety filing status: UNSAFE (latest filing 2023-02-21)
Violation counts as of 2026-07-05.
Absence of a record means none on file in NYC municipal records — not a certification of compliance.
The complete dossier also covers:
- Buildable floor area (residential & commercial)
- Recorded ownership & last sale
- Recorded mortgages & open debt stack
- LL97 carbon exposure by compliance period
- Flood coverage percentage & base flood elevation
- Climate projections for this lot
- Open permits & construction pipeline
- Distress signal convergence
- Air rights & transferable development rights
- Comparable sales (Pro)
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Data: NYC municipal records (Departments of City Planning, Buildings, Finance) and FEMA. See our sources and methodology. Data as of 2026-07-11.